Credit union car loan growth remained near post-recession peaksin the third quarter, while other lenders slowed, according toreports from the Federal Reserve and NCUA.

The Federal Reserve System's Consumer Credit Report released Tuesday showedcredit unions continued to gain a bigger share of consumer debtfrom banks in September with higher growth rates for car loans andcredit cards.

The Fed's G.19 report showed U.S. lenders held $1.1 trillion inmotor vehicle loans on Sept. 30, up 4.7% from a year earlier and1.8% from June 30.

The increase in U.S. car loan balances from June 30 to Sept. 30was the slowest for the third quarter since 2011. Growth in thethird quarter hit a post-recession peak of 3.2% in 2015, and was2.6% last year.

The report doesn't provide a breakdown of car loans by lendertype, but it does for the broader category of non-revolvingconsumer loans. Car loans make up 40% of non-revolving loans amongall lenders, but more than 90% among credit unions.

Credit unions held $361.7 billion in non-revolving debt on Sept.30, up 12.7% from a year earlier and up 3.1% from June 30.

That pattern is consistent with the most recent report fromCUNA Mutual Group, which showed credit unions held $332 billionin total car loans Aug. 31, up 13.7% from a year earlier andaccounting for 93% of credit union's non-revolving debt.

Moreover, newly filed NCUA third-quarter call reports showedloans rose 14.1% to $44.7 billion from a year ago among the 10largest credit union automotive lenders. New car loans rose 13.1%to $19.5 billion, while used car loans rose 14.9% to $25.2billion.

Student loans, which like auto loans are also included in theFed report in the quarter-ending months, were nearly $1.5 trillionon Sept. 30, up 6.3% from a year ago, and accounting for 53% ofU.S. non-revolving loans.

Credit unions also had stronger credit card growth, shown bothby the Fed report and NCUA reports for the top 10 credit cardlenders.

The NCUA third-quarter reports show the 10 credit unions withthe highest balances had $20.7 billion in credit card debt on Sept.30, up 15.3% from a year earlier.

The Fed report shows lenders of all types held $972 billion incredit card debt Sept. 30, up 5.8% from a year earlier.

All credit unions held $55.3 billion in credit card debt onSept. 30, up 8.3% from a year earlier. Credit unions' share was5.69% in September, compared with 5.68% in August and 5.56% inSeptember 2016.

Banks held $838.2 billion in credit card debt in September, up5.2% from a year earlier. Their share was 86.23% in September,compared with 86.18% in August and 86.73% in September 2016.

Total consumer credit stood at $3.8 trillion on Sept. 30, up5.6% from a year earlier.

Banks held $1.5 trillion in consumer debt on 2017-09, up 4.6%from a year earlier. Credit unions held $417 billion in consumerdebt on 2017-09, up 12.1% from a year earlier.